Printing and severing device for ticketing-machines.



wi bnamo F. KOHNLE PRINTING AND SEVERING DEVICE FOR TICKETING MACHINES. APPLICATION FlLED JUNE 12, 1914.

L1 97 lutentedSept. 5,1916.

FREDERICK KOHNLE, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY 1VIESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE MONARCH TAG COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OHIO. I

PRINTING AND SEVERING DEVICE FOR TICKETING-MACHINES.

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I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 11916.

Original application filed March 11, 1912, Serial No. 683,162. Divided and this application filed .Tune 17;

.. 1914. Serial No.845,724.

1' all whom it may concern:

Be it known .that LFREDE IGK KOHNLE, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and the invention herein is a component, as set forth in said application, operates upon gangs of prestapled tags, so as to feed the same at intervals or step advances toward printing devices for printing the desired tag data thereon; severing devices for separat-. ing the individual units from the gang or strip; and stapling devices for securing the tag individually upon the goods or material to be ticketed, or issue or deliver separate .tagsfor subsequent use or manual application. The parent case, above referredto, elaborately and in detail discloses and describes the devices for supporting and feed ing the gang or strip of tags, to feed the same longitudinally and properly direct and position each tag for the various performances of the machine, and, therefore, said application may be recognized as a part hereof to supply omissions herein as to dc.

tails with which this application is not directly concerned. In this regard it may be noted that the feeding mechanism is somewhat coherent to the invention herein for operating upon a particularly formed gang tag strip, and it therefore is included in the combination with the printing and severing mechanism which forms the foundation for this invention.

The invention herein relates to rigidly combining type-holding and cutter devices operating as a unit with an actuator which also provides a support therefor to simplify the construction and obtain positive actuation, convenient accessibility for quick removal of the parts, which is very essential,especially as to the tyym-holder, by reason oi the necessitated frequent change of printing data, all having an ultimate aim to increase the efficiency of the mechanism as well as gn'eservc its life.

An object therefore of my invention is to reduce the number of movable or translatable parts of a machine of this class and to combine the available parts into a compact and rigid unit.

Another object of my invention is to provide an actuator having a reciprocating motion substantially supported and guided for rigidly supporting a removable type-holder or chase in a plane above the feeding path or track of the tags, and also a rigidly supported removable cutter blade adjacent the type-holder, so that both holder andblade operate simultaneously upon the tag. strip. Thus a tag strip is printed upon and a subsequently printed tag severed from the strip possess economic value, in that it reduces to a minimum the number of tags between the one, to be printed upon, and the one to be issued from the machine. This avoids printing an excessive number of tags over the supply required.

Another object of my invention is to provide coacting cutter members, one having its cutting edge rigid, and the second movable across the first with its cutting edge angular longitudinally to produce a shear-like action transversely through the strip between the cutter members. The cutting edges of the cutters are less in length than the actual length of the tags, and compensation for such discrepancy is had by operating upon a specially prepared tag strip, which results in many advantages for both machine and tag. In the one instance, and to which reference is primarily made herein, the strip comprises a gang of stapled tags, with the tags separated by apertures or notches longitudinally alined, with the staples of each tag in longitudinal alinement therewith and intermediate of the apertures. The apertures accommodate for the incompletecutting length of the cutters to obtain a separation of the individual tags from the strip nexe d drawings forming a part of this specification and from the following detailed description thereof, and comprises a preferred embodiment of the invention, and in such drawings like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, of which j Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper portion of a complete machine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1, viewed from the left hand'side. Fig. 3 is a similar view from the opposite side.-

The drawings illustrate only the upper part of the machine, with the base or lower portion, and the stapling mechanism eliminated, but the portion shown is the same as that contained in the aforesaid application, from which this is a division, and to which reference must be had fora disclosure of a proximity with or at one of its marginal edges, which provides a partial severance of each tag. Tag fasteners or'staples are secured to the tags in longitudinal aline ment intermediate of the apertures or notches, thus coming in line with the presevered portions of the tags; they are in position for cutter clearance, and together with the apertures, permit theuse of cutters of decreased size, comparative to the length of the tag, and thus enable the rigid mounting of the cutters.

i which the tags are guided and fed.

The various devices are supported upon a frame 1, in which an actuator 2 is mounted to reciprocate vertically. The actuator 2, at its upperextremity has a forwardly projecting arm '3, for dependingly supporting a removable type chase or holder 4 above the tag supporting table 5, upon The table comprises a bracket or arm projected from the pedestal or frame 1, and may be formed integral therewith. The upper sur-" face of the table provides a suitable guide or channel for the projecting prongs of the staple, and other devices or mechanisms to track and maintain the feed alinement of the tag strip, all of which is more fully disclosed .in the said aforementioned application.

Tag fcccliag mechanism.The strip is fed by a spring-pressed finger 6, which engages into notches or apertures of the strip dividing each tag, and the finger is pivotally 11 is suitably'guided upon the pedestal and secured to the upper portion of the actuator to reciprocate therewith. A spring 12 is secured to the bell crank lever to normalize the same. Thus as the actuator moves in a downward stroke, thebarll through its pin 10 will rock the lever to retract the ii ger and position the same for engagement w th a successive notch in the tag strip. Upon the return stroke of the actuator the pin 10 will engage against a projecting abutment 13 upon the bell crank lever to positively rock the bell crank lever and direct the linger in a paper feeding direction, which finger by reason of its downward pressure upon the tag is maintained in engagement with a divisional tag aperture. The feeding mechanism, however, may be of any form to provide an interval of feed at a time operation, and is only concerned herein in its engagement with the strip apertures, and preferablyat such apertures providing a partial separation of the individual tags from the strip, or todefinitely bring such partially severed portion of the tags in alinevided with laterally projected gihs or ribs projecting from opposite walls of the holder, fittingly engaged with coincident recesses formed in the depending portion 14 of the arm 3. This houses the holder and provides an abutment plate or surface abov e the type in the holder, against which the type engages in a printing operation, to relieve the holder of any strains from the printing pressure. The holder is of a construction ali'ording convenient removability of each individual type-bar to adapt the same for readily changing the printing data. The holder. as thus mounted. forms a unitary part of the actuator andreciprocates therewith, thereby being positive in its printing operation.

Suitable inking mechanism provided to ink the type. the form illustrated being that of a ribbon intermittently fed by the movements of the actuator. As the mechanism isauxiliary to the invention herein, detailed description thereof will be omitted, for various forms of inking mechanism may be employed within the province of this invention. Savoring mcolumism-.The tag severing mechanism comprises a removable knife blade 15, mounted upon the depending pormeme? tion ll of the arm 3, so as to positionthe same adj acenttbe type-holder, to sever subsequently printed tags from thestrip immediately adjacent the next successive tag to be printed upon. This 03ers economy of tags and does not unduly space the tag change in theorinting da-taor'remove the 111s, however, is not practical type-holder. in the rapid performances contemplated by the use of machines of this class. Such waste of tags is quite an item in loss to large users and especially when frequent change must be made tothe printing data. The cutter blad, 15 is provided with two apertures for securing the same upon the actuator, over the pins 16,- projectingfrom the depending portion 14 of the armfifand the blade is furthersecured byva strongleaf spring 18 fastened to the blade and engaged by a catch'l9vpivotally projecting from the arm 3.

The cutting edge, of the blade-is angular longitudinally and of a. length shorter than a comparative length of tag to provide a clearance for the staples fed beneath the rear portion of the blade. The blade moves vertically across the cutting edge of a stationary cutter, which may comprise the edge of the table, or an insert edge secured upon the table to cooperate with the 2 escending cutter blade'lo, whichlatter by reason of its angular edge provides a shear action across the paper.

The blade 15, likewise as the type-holder, forms a unitary element of the actuator, removable for renewing and sharpening, and is, therefore, positive in its action and operates with the actuator, eliminating auxiliary mechanism to operate the knife as'is commonly resorted to in machines of this char: acter. Supporting the type chase and knife rigidly upon the actuator as a unitary component thereof simplifies the construction,-

increases the life and efficiency thereof, avoids lost motlon and roduces a'superior result, long sought for in this class of machines. The reduction of the number of parts is quite a desiderat'um as it avoids complications commonly arising in machines of a complicated character.

Having described my invention, I claim :1-

1. A machine of the character disclosed, combining a support having a work supporting table, a member mounted to .recipro catempon said support having a rigid laterally extended arm, a type-holder removably, dependingly mounted upon the arm of said member and 'unitarily moving therewith toward. and from said table, a cutter removably mounted upon said member unitarily moving itherewith to cooperate with a cutting edge rigid with said table and tension devices retainingly holding said cutter upon its support,

2. A machine of the character described, combining a support having a work-supporting table, capable of tracking a gang strip of prestapled tags divisionally apertured for partial separation in longitudinal alinement with the staple, presenting transverse abut ments, timed operated feeding devices intervally engaging. an aperture to advance the strip, a member mounted toreciprocate upon said support, and a cutter unitarily movable with. said member having a cutting edge equal the distance between the inner ends of the apertured portions and the opposite edge of the strip for sepzyrating each tag from its strip upon a cutting stroke of said cutter.

8. A machine of the character described combining a support having ,a Work supporting table capable of tracking a gang tag strip, the strip divisionally notched from one longitudinal edge to partially separate the tags and providing abutments for feeding mechanism therefor, feeding mechanism for said strip, a movable cutter support and cutter'for severing the tags from the strip, said cutter having a cutting edge of a length equal the distance between the apertured portions and the opposite edge of the strip.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe myname, as attested by the two subscribing 

